Welcome!
I am an Associate Professor of Political Theory at the Department of Government, Uppsala University. My research is primarily in democratic theory, history of political thought, discourse analysis, constitutional ideas and contemporary political theory. I have written on topics such as democratic self-defence, responses to populism, militant democracy, political ethics, political representation, compulsory voting, sortition and ostracism.
In 2020-21, I was Associate Professor at Lund University, and in 2017-20 I taught part-time at the Hellenic Open University. In addition, I have held fellowships at Princeton University and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, as well as visiting positions at the Trinity College Dublin, the University of Adelaide and, most recently, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. I earned my PhD from the Centre of Excellence in Political Thought, University of Jyväskylä in 2011, and was awarded the title of Docent (Habilitation) from Uppsala University in 2018.
My first monograph, The History of Compulsory Voting in Europe: Democracy's Duty? (Routledge, 2015), combines political thought and voting ethics. It examines the contemporary discourse on mandatory voting in light of legal-political debates in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century, and argues that high voter turnout has been historically seen as an institutional barrier to extremist parties.
My upcoming book, Theories of Democratic Self-Defence, is a study of responses to antidemocratic actors from a conceptual and normative perspective. It focuses on the principles of exclusion, toleration and integration that inform how state and non-state actors deal with far-right parties. The book is under contract with Oxford University Press, and has been awarded the York Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award in 2022.
In addition, I have co-edited three volumes, Militant Democracy and its Critics (with Alexander Kirshner, 2019), Equal Representation (with Lisa Hill, 2016) and Rhetoric, Politics and Conceptual Change (with Kari Palonen, 2011). During 2025/2026, I will be co-editing the Oxford Handbook of Democratic Self-Defence, with Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser and Bastiaan Rijpkema.
My articles have appeared in journals such as Political Studies, International Political Science Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Comparative European Politics, Acta Politica, Australian Journal of Political Science, Constellations, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, European Constitutional Law Review, History of European Ideas, History of Political Thought.
Since 2016, I am in the editorial team of Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory and steering committee member of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Concepts. I regularly act as external expert for the European Commission and other funding agencies.
At Uppsala University, I teach courses in political theory both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and supervise theses in the fields of political theory, discourse analysis and studies of democracy and populism. I have previously taught as faculty member at Lund University and the University of Jyväskylä, and as a visiting lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin, LUISS University in Rome, and the University of Helsinki.
Here you can find my personal profile at Uppsala University and below a detailed CV.
Thank you for visiting my page!
In 2020-21, I was Associate Professor at Lund University, and in 2017-20 I taught part-time at the Hellenic Open University. In addition, I have held fellowships at Princeton University and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, as well as visiting positions at the Trinity College Dublin, the University of Adelaide and, most recently, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. I earned my PhD from the Centre of Excellence in Political Thought, University of Jyväskylä in 2011, and was awarded the title of Docent (Habilitation) from Uppsala University in 2018.
My first monograph, The History of Compulsory Voting in Europe: Democracy's Duty? (Routledge, 2015), combines political thought and voting ethics. It examines the contemporary discourse on mandatory voting in light of legal-political debates in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century, and argues that high voter turnout has been historically seen as an institutional barrier to extremist parties.
My upcoming book, Theories of Democratic Self-Defence, is a study of responses to antidemocratic actors from a conceptual and normative perspective. It focuses on the principles of exclusion, toleration and integration that inform how state and non-state actors deal with far-right parties. The book is under contract with Oxford University Press, and has been awarded the York Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award in 2022.
In addition, I have co-edited three volumes, Militant Democracy and its Critics (with Alexander Kirshner, 2019), Equal Representation (with Lisa Hill, 2016) and Rhetoric, Politics and Conceptual Change (with Kari Palonen, 2011). During 2025/2026, I will be co-editing the Oxford Handbook of Democratic Self-Defence, with Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser and Bastiaan Rijpkema.
My articles have appeared in journals such as Political Studies, International Political Science Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Comparative European Politics, Acta Politica, Australian Journal of Political Science, Constellations, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, European Constitutional Law Review, History of European Ideas, History of Political Thought.
Since 2016, I am in the editorial team of Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory and steering committee member of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Concepts. I regularly act as external expert for the European Commission and other funding agencies.
At Uppsala University, I teach courses in political theory both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and supervise theses in the fields of political theory, discourse analysis and studies of democracy and populism. I have previously taught as faculty member at Lund University and the University of Jyväskylä, and as a visiting lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin, LUISS University in Rome, and the University of Helsinki.
Here you can find my personal profile at Uppsala University and below a detailed CV.
Thank you for visiting my page!
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